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Grayson
Lynne Cox
#UB9382
Paperback, 153 pages; 2008 (2006)
$13.00
 Members' Price: $11.05
This magical story reads like a delightful fairy tale, but, astonishingly, Grayson is the true-life account of an extraordinary ocean adventure. Training for a marathon swim off the coast of Seal Beach, California, Lynne Cox (seventeen years old at the time) suddenly realized that something big—really big—was swimming below her. Her underwater companion, it turns out, was a frolicsome, eighteen-foot baby whale! Cox knew Grayson (as she had named him) needed to be reunited with his mother soon to survive. So, with the baby whale following her, she set off to find his mom. The almost mystical connection Cox felt with Grayson might seem fanciful to some, but her magnanimous spirit and dogged optimism—as well as her lyrical descriptions of the ocean and the life within it—make this uplifting little book a joyful experience for all. Grayson, an inspiring gift for teen readers, would also be a perfect present for a mother you know and love.
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